Use of OSHA inspections data for fatal occupational injury surveillance in New Jersey.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) computerized inspections data, death certificates, and medical examiner records identified 204 fatal occupational injuries in New Jersey, 1984-85. OSHA computerized data uniquely identified seven cases. They did not identify 35 fatalities under OSHA's jurisdiction, of which 24 were investigated by OSHA but not recorded, four were not considered work-related, and seven were not known to OSHA. Eighty-seven were outside OSHA's jurisdiction; 28 were among the self-employed who are not under the health and safety protection of any governmental agency.
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New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Trenton 08625-0360.
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D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000401:mortality*; D003334:Coroners and Medical Examiners; D003644:Death Certificates; D006801:Humans; D009515:New Jersey; D011996:Records / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D014489:United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000401:mortality*